Recent Content by BOWENI

Thanks again everyone for your replies. My gp gave me a copy of the screening results yesterday which confirmed background retinopathy in my right eye. She just said that although I was diagnosed 5 years ago at 42, the damage is probably compounded by the prior undiagnosed years when my insulin...

Thanks everyone for taking time to reply. I tend to go along with the theory that healthy people have tighter control and thereby don't get diabetic eye disease, hence I am still convinced that my slack evening control is the culprit here.... (regular morning BG readings in double figures). I...

Hi all, I received my first setback this week (after 5.5 years of being diagnosed type 1) when I got my annual eye screening results in the post. There was one ominous line which read......'your results show early changes in your diabetes (retinopathy) which do not require any treatment at this...

I had a similar experience 2 years ago. After a wonderful month's holiday in Australia, enjoying good health throughout, I experienced rapid onset of type 1 diabetes, losing 12lbs in weight within a fortnight of my return to the UK. I was 41 at the time, slim & reasonably fit with no history of...